Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-11
~MAsH1Nc!cH LETTER.
rrom ourNssgy.lar Correspondent
Washington, Jaa. %. 1857.

Washington, Jaa. %. 1857
The United State. Senate has done
,a.st two notable things this week.
- has given tho British Lions tail q
4;a,o,,s twist, and it has again refused
a,ye the women who want to vote =
ssance to submit tho Constitutional
.mendment on woman Suffrage to the
state Legislatures.
7. is interesting to be reminded now
,,d then that the American Eagle can
s.i,, soar, and that the FIRE of our rsvo-
%lutionary sires is not extinct. The boil
,;aar.nt oratory of Senator'S Ingalls,,
nrve and Hale has furnished ample
n,oof of this. The occasion was the de-
hate on the bill empowering the Presi-
,ient to close the ports of the United
states against Canadian imports, as a
MEASURE of retaliation in case Great
Rritain persists in violating her treaty
ohlisstions by subjecting American
s.hermen to indignities shd outrxgss
In Canadian waters.
senator ingalls, thought it was time
iosettle the fishery difficulties either
Nv negotiation or by war. Tho meas
nre under discussion WIS distinctly one
IF retaliation. It WAS IN eye for an
eve. a fish for a fish. an insult for IN
insult. Countries had been in
undated with blood on less pro-
yocatiouh,
Senator Frye declared that the an
nails of histcrJ-even Of the FIT Is
iands-might be searched without 6hd-
ing cases of outragss &c .brutIl and in
humane. All, these cases, he said, Had
been brought to the attention OF the
British Government. There wis not 4
line in the history Of England for the
last 3m years that gave the slightest
rpason to believe that In tho pursuit Of
gain, in the pursuit Of trade, she would
ever permit the right Of another to
stand in tbs way of her progress. Sem
ator Morgan Thought the law could BE-
enacted without blosod4thirsty threats,
and Senator Vest advised caution.
When the cause OF women. camo up
in the Senate OH Tuesday, there were
about a hundred ladies from an parts
Of the ccuntry-le.ders in the woman
suffrage moyemert-in tho Senate gal.
lery anxioully awaiting the result.
Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, wo.
mans best Ssnatorisl friend, Aad prom.
jsed to make an effort to bot The. ques-
zion up for debate at this hour. The
pei measures Of several Senators were
ia the way Is unfinished business, but
they gall.ntly voted against their own
bill. in favor Of, the. ladies'. Senator
Beck was one Of these.n He bad. intend.
ed to bring up his. bill preventing msm.
Der, of Congress- FROM. actins Is attor-
pe.ys for railroads, and he mentioned
that q distinguished lady (Mis,- An
thoney) had sent in for him three times
the day before. and hs had refused to
50 out to see her because. he knew he
would he unable TO refuse what she
would .nsk' He knew she would ask
bin to waive tho claims of his imrc:
tant question in favor Of hers.
The women ere tot asking Congress
to let thsni vote. ~ Congress has not
that power. They ask Congress to
agree thst theifollowing amendment to
the Constitution may DO submitted to
The various State. Legislatures, "The
right of citizens of the United, States
20 vote shall not be denied on ,xccount
Of sex. Congress shall have power. by
appropriate legislation, tc enforce the
provisions Of this article"
Half q dozen Ssnatcrs made Sd ort
speeches for and against woman suf-
TRACE, and then by q vote Of. "a to l6 the
proposed amendment: was again re-
jected. The disappointed ladies FIN the
gallery repaired Immediately to tho
Metropolitan .CAuroh,. where they
opened their nineteenth annual con.
vention in Washington. There they
discussed man IN general and lawmak-
ere of tho United States in particular
tn language suitable to their outraged
feelings. ~.
! It was sad to see Miss Anthony, .hxs
grim resoiute veteran Of womAn's fight
tor woman, just = little, discouraged.
After waiting and working 80 hard for
forty years, she acknowledged thst the
promised land seemed yet q long way
Oft. She knew that woman must havs
all her rights in time, but there, was
10 telling how long she would have to
wait.
Mrs. Shattuck, OF Massachusetts: who
Is a ane spsake. with ! 6ne voice,
shinks 1t will be at least twenty years
before all tho women iof the United
States will be able to Vote. Che divides
tae women who do not want to vote